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BBC
The mystery of India’s ‘lake of skeletons’
Soutik Biswas - India correspondent
Sat, February 27, 2021, 4:51 P

https://news.yahoo.com/mystery-india-la ... 36821.html
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^^ Interesting. I had never hard of such a place in India. Really weird to find people of Crete origin among the skeletons!
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The Beauty and the Beast. Dang! That turned ugly!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56648049

They both need to have their heads examined ... by different specialists.

Mrs. Sri Lanka contest ?? Why not call it Srimati Lanka contest?!
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From an article (Air ambulance makes emergency landing in Mumbai) today in The Hindu
An air ambulance carrying a critical patient from Bagdogra in West Bengal to Hyderabad made an emergency landing in Mumbai on Thursday night after its landing gear fell during take off from Nagpur where it stopped for refuelling.
Does that make any sense? Why go to Nagpur if you are going from WB to Hyderabad. If you took off from Nagpur, and the landing gear fell off, why not land there itself instead of going to Mumbai. And why go to Mumbai, if you were to go to Hyderbad? Haha... Anyway, apparently all passengers are safe!
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Perhaps making multiple stops to achieve economies of scale for a specialty destination?
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^^^ Yeah, the specialty destination almost became heaven!
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Do we have stats on how many people die due to various diseases every year in India in pre-Covid days? For example, how many due to just the flu? I’m trying to put these Covid death numbers in perspective. I know any preventable death is too many.
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Atithee wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 11:42 pm Do we have stats on how many people die due to various diseases every year in India in pre-Covid days? For example, how many due to just the flu? I’m trying to put these Covid death numbers in perspective. I know any preventable death is too many.
These have some data on deaths in India. A little dated but should give you an idea.

http://www.healthdata.org/india

https://www.censusindia.gov.in/vital_st ... death.html

Only now has REPORTED deaths from Covid-19 reached the Top 3 causes of daily deaths in India. Then again ALL causes are under reported.
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This is called excess mortality. During the lockdown, actually India had a negative excess mortality. That was because the mortality due to accidents were eliminated due to the lockdown. So, fewer people were dying during the lockdown, covid notwithstanding. Of course, now covid is back with a vengeance. Reminds me of Shakespeare's bloodiest play (arguably), Titus Andronicus.
Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand,
Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.
(Aaron, Act 2 Scene 3)
Go away Aaron/covid, go away.

Here is an article that does some good analysis. Excess mortality due to COVID-19
Similarly, India, the country with the most recent severe wave of cases and deaths, is estimated to have an overall ratio of 2.96, which implies that the total COVID-19 death toll to date is much higher than what has been reported.
Maybe a good mod can move this to the covid thread?
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Interesting pidgin language use?

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-57149451
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Atithee wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 2:00 pm Interesting pidgin language use?
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-57149451
What di need for it?
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Dis is wey cul. wy doo u wan us rite like dis?
Fæder ure
ðu ðe eart on heofenum
si ðin nama gehalgod
to-becume ðin rice
geweorþe ðin willa on eorðan swa swa on heofenum.
Urne ge dæghwamlican hlaf syle us to-deag
and forgyf us ure gyltas
swa swa we forgifaþ urum gyltendum
ane ne gelæde ðu us on costnunge
ac alys us of yfle.
Dat is fatha praya in olde englis.

Sorry. I du not no pidgin. I mek me onn pidgin. Mor pawa to pidgin.
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prasen9 wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 3:02 pm Dis is wey cul. wy doo u wan us rite like dis?
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Dat is fatha praya in olde englis.

Sorry. I du not no pidgin. I mek me onn pidgin. Mor pawa to pidgin.
Wow! Way to go murdering Pidgin English, Prasen! I wonder what the elite literati of Pidgin English would label your hack attempt at writing in their exalted language. Pidgin Pidgin English??
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Me sed me no no pichin. Dere r 20 difarant tipes o pigin. My pijin jenges santance 2 santance. MI pijin is gud pigeon. Dis is 21st tipe of pigon, intitled: Pig-on pigon engles.
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Wonder what happens if there is a double mutant variety of this. Pig Latin variant of Pidgin would be fatal.
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